Not only does Short Pump have its first brewery, it has a brewpub with full-service kitchen.

Rock Bottom is part of national CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries, which has won awards for its brewpubs and beers from the prestigious Great American Beer Festival (GABF) and World Beer Cup competitions. However, each location’s beer program gets a lot of local leeway. Four standard beers are always on tap, using the same recipes from other locations across the country, like the Kölsch light German ale, not-too-hoppy house IPA and Belgian wheat. Styles range from light and easy drinking to high-ABV, complex monsters.

Otherwise, the head brewer, Becky Hammond, has license to create beers that utilize her creativity and please local beer drinkers – like her Coffee con Leche stout on nitro, Devil’s Thumb Belgian Strong Ale, and Sweet Nut Brown (perfect for those weaned on hometown Legend Brown).